With VMware vCenter Server Foundation, you can: scale up your virtual infrastructure to achieve the highest levels of efficiency and automation, drive down operating costs by organizing, monitoring and configuring your entire IT environment through a single interface.

VMware vCenter Server 5 Foundation for vSphere includes: a management server, the universal hub for provisioning, monitoring and configuring virtualized environments, a database server that stores persistent configuration data and performance information, a search engine that allows administrators to search the entire object inventory of multiple vCenter Servers from one place, the vSphere Client that provides administrators with a feature-rich console for accessing one or more vCenter Servers simultaneously, the vCenter Web Access portal that provides remote access from any system, vCenter APIs and a .NET Extension that allow integration between vCenter Server and other tools, and support customized plug-ins to the vSphere Client.